abhor

About 0.44 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To regard (someone or something) as horrifying or detestable; to feel great repugnance toward. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}

   I absolutely abhor being stuck in traffic jams.

2. verb To fill with horror or disgust.
3. verb To turn aside or avoid; to keep away from; to reject.
4. verb To protest against; to reject solemnly.
5. verb To feel horror, disgust, or dislike (towards); to be contrary or averse (to); construed with from.
6. verb Differ entirely from.

Similar words

loathe execrate abominate detest hate dislike reject rob repel despise

Often followed by

the it and myself them a all that to

Word family

abhorred abhorrer abhorrers abhorring abhors